TOPIC: Motivation, Hardware Stores, and Fighting the Last War

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about motivation—how it changes, how it doesn't, and how it can be fueled by anxiety and cognitive dissonance.

There is also discussion of Merlin's pear tart problem, the challenge of the engineering triangle, and, yeah, a new t-shirt That's Fine for Merlin.

Links for this episode:

• Back to Work That's Fine for Merlin T-Shirt | 5by5
  
• And now it’s all this
  
• Commuting Takes Its Toll: Scientific American
  
• fjohnrickert: "@hotdogsladies That doesn't look like you at all! Where are the wrinkles? And the cane?"
  
• [SPONSOR] Squarespace (10% off with offer code, "`yourshow`")
  
• [SPONSOR] DocuSign (Support 5by5 with a free 30 day trial)
  
• 5by5 | The Comic Shack #7: Snakt!
  
• Letters: Marx-Engels Correspondence 1864
  
• kung fu grippe • Ubiquitous Capture I already mostly forgot what...
  
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Cognitive dissonance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Tracy, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Fletch (1985)
  
• Search results for 'hipster pda' - All this
  
• B1 battle droid - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
  
• 5by5 | Mac Power Users #95: Engineering Workflows with Dr. Drang
  
• 5by5 | Systematic
  
• My curtain calls - All this
  
• Bolt upright - All this
  
• kung fu grippe - "Jeff Goldblum"
  

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